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Description: Approximate positions of the continents in the late Carboniferous (c. 302 Ma). AM. Amuria; AN. Annamia; AT. Alexander terrane; K. Kazakhstania; MO. Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean; NC. North China; PA. Paleoasian Ocean; SC. South China; SA. Slide Mountain-Angayucham Ocean; T. Tarim; YTQ. Yukon-Tanana and Quesnellia terranes. Plate boundaries: red - subduction; white - ridges; yellow - transform. Literature used to make this map: Cao, Wenchao; Zahirovic, Sabin; Flament, Nicolas; Williams, Simon; Golonka, Jan; Müller, R. Dietmar (2017). "Improving global paleogeography since the late Paleozoic using paleobiology". Biogeosciences. 14 (23): 5425–5439. doi:10.5194/bg-14-5425-2017. ISSN 1726-4170.

Domeier, Mathew; Torsvik, Trond H. (2014). "Plate tectonics in the late Paleozoic". Geoscience Frontiers. 5 (3): 303–350. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2014.01.002. ISSN 1674-9871.
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